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28 March 1941 (USA) moreTagline:
Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!Plot:
A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a shipful of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a treasure cruise. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Complete credited cast)| Sidney Toler | ... | Charlie Chan | |
| Sheila Ryan | ... | Kate Ransome | |
| Robert Weldon | ... | Steve Daniels | |
| Victor Sen Yung | ... | Jimmy Chan (#2 son) (as Sen Yung) | |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Jed Thomasson (as Don Douglas) | |
| Kay Aldridge | ... | Laura Thursday (as Katharine Aldridge) | |
| Paul McGrath | ... | Charles Thursday / Mr. Parks | |
| George Reeves | ... | Bill Lydig | |
| Truman Bradley | ... | Capt. Kane of the Suva Star | |
| Ethel Griffies | ... | Miss Patience Nodbury | |
| Lenita Lane | ... | Dr. Anne Bonney | |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Gene LaFarge |
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Jimmy Chan: Hey, Pop, you're not gonna swallow that story, are you?Charlie Chan: Swallow much, but digest little,
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An agreeable entry in the Charlie Chan series, this is an extremely well-made little movie, directed by Harry Lachman, and featuring some striking shots of an old pirate vessel in port and a tough waterfront dive. It's all cliches, nicely cobbled together, and served up with good humor by actors who don't seem to be taking themselves too seriously. Sidney Toler makes an agreeably phlegmatic and dignified Chan; while Sen Yung's Number Two Son gets into his usual hot water,--in this case actually sea water--as he tries to bail his old man out. Ethel Griffies is splendid as the haunted (and hunted) Mrs. Nodbury, Truman Bradley sinister as a pipe-smoking captain, George Reeves breezy as a suspect. I especially liked the quietly neurasethenic performance of Milton Parsons as a Boston Brahmin on vacation, trying to overcome a recent nervous breakdown. He picked one hell of a vacation spot! Highly recommended for fans of maritime mysteries, treasure maps, talking parrots and nocturnal strolls around creaking, fogbound wharves.